6 Best Frank Wilcox Movies

By Vlad Zakh · August 18, 2026

Frank Wilcox was a familiar, dependable presence in Hollywood for over three decades and was often cast as a doctor, executive or military officer. Invaders from Mars watches a boy’s parents mysteriously changed after a saucer lands, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers races to stop an alien invasion fleet, Beginning of the End marches radiation-mutated locusts on Chicago, and The Million Dollar Duck turns a duck into a golden-egg layer. Ruby Gentry and Dead Reckoning round out the list.

The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

TMDB ★ 5.7

Frank Wilcox appears in this Disney comedy about a scientist's laboratory experiment that turns an ordinary duck into a golden-egg-laying phenomenon.

Directed by Vincent McEveety · 1h 32m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Beginning of the End (1957)

TMDB ★ 4.5

Frank Wilcox features in this sci-fi horror where radiation-mutated giant locusts devour the Midwest and march toward Chicago.

Directed by Bert I. Gordon · 1h 13m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Fandango At Home

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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

TMDB ★ 6.2

Frank Wilcox is in this sci-fi classic about scientists who race to stop an alien invasion fleet threatening to destroy Washington.

Directed by Fred F. Sears · 1h 23m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: Bloodstream · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Invaders from Mars (1953)

TMDB ★ 6.4

Frank Wilcox appears in this sci-fi classic about a young boy who witnesses a flying saucer land nearby and discovers his parents have been mysteriously altered.

Directed by William Cameron Menzies · 1h 18m

Where to watch

Stream: FlixFling, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home, FlixFling

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Ruby Gentry (1952)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Frank Wilcox features in this melodrama about a poor Southern woman whose marriage into wealth is haunted by her enduring passion for a married man.

Directed by King Vidor · 1h 22m · Rated NR

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Dead Reckoning (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.9

Frank Wilcox features in this noir about a paratrooper who investigates his war buddy's mysterious death and uncovers a deadly conspiracy.

Directed by John Cromwell · 1h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Stream: fuboTV, YouTube TV · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Frank Wilcox Movies

The Million Dollar Duck (1971)

Beginning of the End (1957)

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)

Invaders from Mars (1953)

Ruby Gentry (1952)

Dead Reckoning (1946)

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